Holly cow!  Can you believe that we are half way through September?  We are also half way through first quarter.  Time does fly when you are having fun.

     We will be having our first Worker's Holiday this Friday, Sept.18th.  Please look at your child's progress report on line or at their progress report being brought home today (Wed. Sept. 16th).  In order for students to qualify for Worker's Holiday, they need to have all of their assignments in with an 80% or better.  If they are missing one little assignment, they can't go to Worker's Holiday.  Students have until tomorrow morning, if they are not staying after school, to get their missing work into me. If they are staying after school tomorrow, (Thurs.,Sept.17) they will have until 4:30 to get their work into me.  Most of the students got their missing items into me today, but please double check with them to make sure.

     We have our Field trip coming up next week.  It will be on Friday, Sept. 25th.  Students need to dress appropriately.  It does get cold in the cave and up on top of Cedar Mountain, so a sweat shirt or a jacket would be good to bring, as well as good walking shoes and long pants.  We would like students to bring a flash light if possible.  If your child can't, let me know, and I will provide them with one.

     The students are just finishing up with Volcanoes in science and have probably come home all excited about our Volcano Day coming up in October.  We will be exploding our Volcanoes October 14th.  I will be sending home a letter about how you can make the volcanoes and what you can do to make them explode in the next newsletter.

     In reading we are just finishing up with our "Who Am I?" Theme and we will be starting a class novel soon.  The students have been working on their fluency and how to read-to-self skills, as well.

     In math, students are learning place value.  The assignments are getting longer, so make sure to check for their math being finished each night.

     With L.A. the students are learning how to stick with their "Idea" in writing and learning how to determine complete subjects from complete predicates, in their grammar.

     We are having all sorts of fun learning this week.   Please contact me if you ever have any concerns and thank you for all of the help you give me and your child.  Until next time, take care and keep smiling.  Mrs. Little